In Re Estate of Hogrefe

This is an appeal by Lawrence F. Hogrefe and Delores D. Hogrefe, the natural parents of Keith R. Hogrefe, deceased, from a judgment of the Probate Division, Court of Common Pleas of Henry County, in an action to determine heirship brought by the appellants, determining Lisa M. Hogrefe, the appellee, to be the surviving spouse of the decedent for the purposes of R.C. 2105.06.

The appellee and the decedent were married in 1980. On May 31, 1984, they signed a separation agreement, separated on or before that date, and thereafter continued to reside separately through July 22,1984, the date of the…